Halidom (Two Gent. iv. 2), and corruptly holy dame (H. VIII. v. 1, R. and J. i. 3), same as christendom, christening, consecrating by the rite of baptism.
Hall. "A hall, a hall!" (R. and J. i. 5), a cry to clear the room, and make a space for the dancers. Ring is still used in a somewhat similar sense.
Hangers (Ham. v. 2), the short straps by which a sword was hung from the belt.
Hatch (Tr. and Cr. i. 3), adorn, ornament. It is properly to engrave or work with lines—hacher, Fr.
Have, take. This sense is frequent in the Pilgrim's Progress, and we still speak of having a person before a magistrate. The expressions have at you and have with you are elliptical; and have is there, I take me.
Hazard. See [Tennis].
Head (1 H. IV. iv. 3, v. 1, 2 H. IV. i. 3, ii. 2), army, forces. "To make head," to raise an army.
Hell (C. of Er. iv. 2), the worst part of a prison. Marot has a poem on a prison, called L'enfer.
Hermit. In "We rest your hermits" (Macb. i. 6) the proper word would be beadsmen; but as the speaker is a woman, the poet ventured to use 'hermit' in a sense it never has had before or since. See Entrance.
Hide fox, and all after (Ham. iv. 2, M. Ado, ii. 3), a play of children. It was probably what is now called Hide-and-Seek.